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Marcal Small Steps Review & Giveaway

I have to admit, I haven't "gone green". I mean, I recycle all the time and have a few energy saving lightbulbs in the house, but I don't go out of my way to be green. But Marcal Small Steps makes it easy to take a step in that direction.

Marcal has been making paper products for 60 years. That's A LOT of paper! In 2009, they decided to help the cause and created 100% green paper products that are affordable and good quality. ALL the paper products in this line are made from 100% recycled paper, not trees.

If only all the other paper brands did this, think of how many trees we could save! But, unfortunately, they don't. So do your part, and support Marcal in this "small step" toward a better future, and maybe we'll get there one day.

Check out their website to learn more, and to see lots of interesting facts. Did you know that 98% of the tissue products on the shelf at the store are made from freshly cut trees? WOW!

My Opinion

I was given a roll of paper towels and 2 packs of toilet tissue. I'll start with the paper towels. The day after I got them, I had to give my cat a pill. I decided to use wet cat food, which I never give him, to disguise the medicine. He ate it ALL. And a minute later, it was all over the floor! Quickly, I ran for the paper towels. I scooped up what I could and rubbed what was left to dry it up (I have carpet). I was very glad to see that after all that rubbing, the paper towels did not tear at all! My fingers didn't poke through the wet towels either.

The toilet tissue did its job just as well as the paper towels did. Now, I won't go into detail, but my favorite thing about this tissue is the fact that it is 100% lint free! Ladies, you know what I mean.... Like the towels, it was strong when wet and there was no poke through. It wasn't as soft as other brands, but it's hardly worth a mention. I did buy another pack of tissue when I ran out, and was very pleased to see it was cheaper than my regular brand! I also like the heart design on the paper :)

I would recommend both products. They live up to their claim of "stronger when wet", are affordable, and I feel good knowing that no trees were cut down to make them.

***Win It!***

2 rolls of Marcal Small Steps toilet tissue & 1 roll of paper towels!

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I received several paper products mentioned above to review so I could form an opinion of the product. No other compensation was received, and all opinions are 100% mine. Sponsor is responsible for prize fulfillment.

I have gone green and so have my kids, our family can barely fill a garbage can on garbage day and the neoghbors with no kids have two full each week! I even take recycling home from work to put out on our recycle day!

I am in the process of "Going Green." I have decided to finish out my cleaning products instead of tossing them and I am replacing them when they are out with only "green" items. I like that I feel like I am helping to lesson my carbon footprint!b dot ringer at hotmail dot com

Now that the kids are grown, we've dramatically downsized our living space (this was a boon for the kids and for Freecycle as we gave away much of our "stuff.")We have gone to cfl bulbs throughout and use LED in the two lamps we use most (hoping for the price to come down enough to use those throughout.) We invested in a water filter and some good reusable bottles. We have a local market that we can walk to for some things and combine errands for everything else. We use reusable shopping bags everywhere, not just the grocery store and have bags for produce and bulk items. We eat slow food at home and, while we are not vegetarian, we have drastically reduced the amount of meat we eat. Yes, we have gone as green as we can in an urban setting.bethelderton59 at gmail dot com

We try to be as green as possible, from sun-drying laundry to composting! There are a few things we could improve on, especially kid's stuff (like lots of food packaging), but we do pretty well!Marysa {at} marysa {dot} com